Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Rural – Urban Health Disparities in India

Nagaraja K. , Dr. B. P. Veerabhadrappa

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Rural–urban health disparities have been persisting over period of time in India. Disparities in health sector are prevailing more in rural areas rather than urban areas on account of socio–economic issues. Disparities in health sector are recognised between rural and urban areas with respect to some indicators viz., Birth and death rate, Infant mortality rate (IMR),Maternal mortality rate (MMR), Life expectancy, Total fertility rate(TFR), and communicable diseases.As per medical journal, The Lancet which positioned India 154 ranks out of 195 countries over healthcare index and made the country as the biggest underachievers in provision of healthcare in Asia. Hence, the governmentof India ought in a comprehensive National Health Policy 2017; under which the policy proposes to enhance public health expenditure from 2% to 2.5% of GDP and also envisages its goal towards providing good quality healthcare to all classes of people. In this regard, this paper discusses about the rural–urban health disparities, causes of health disparities and role of the government in reducing the health disparities between rural and urban areas in the context of India.

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Nagaraja K., Dr. B. P. Veerabhadrappa, Rural – Urban Health Disparities in India, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2018

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